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🇬🇧 UKSOC 6211· Leisure, Travel and Related Personal Service Occupations

Sports and leisure assistants

Sports and leisure assistants, provide and maintain facilities for sporting and recreational activities and supervise their use, maintain the continuity of entertainment and social events, offer odds and accept bets on the result of sporting and other events, control gambling activities, work behind the scenes in production and broadcasting enterprises in a supporting role to ensure operations run smoothly.

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£14,366
median salary
£6,771 – £23,335
62,600
currently employed
71,145
projected 2035
Growing
9 tasks scored2 AI Assists7 Human-Led

Task Bundle Breakdown

How AI interacts with this occupation's task bundle

22%
78%
0%
AI automates
22%
AI assists
78%
Human-led

Task-by-Task Breakdown

Every task scored individually — sorted highest to lowest AI exposure

67

assesses likely outcome of an event and establishes odds, accepts and records bets, issues receipts and pays out on winning bets

AI Assists

AI and machine learning are already used by major bookmakers to model odds and detect patterns, but human oversight, regulatory compliance, and customer interaction remain important.

44

announces acts, makes introductions, proposes toasts and maintains the continuity of entertainment events and social functions

AI Assists

AI tools like ChatGPT can help draft scripts, introductions, and toasts, but the live performance, reading the room, and charismatic delivery require a skilled human host.

33

maintains hygienic operation of swimming pools and associated facilities such as hot tubs, showers and changing areas

Human-Led

AI-connected sensors can monitor water chemistry and alert staff to hygiene issues, but the physical cleaning, maintenance, and compliance checks require human workers on-site.

33

controls the progress of games of cards, roulette and other gambling activities according to established rules

Human-Led

AI surveillance can help detect rule violations or unusual betting patterns in casinos, but controlling live gambling games according to rules requires a trained human dealer or croupier.

22

maintains sports and leisure equipment and prepares equipment for use

Human-Led

AI can help schedule maintenance routines or log equipment checks, but the physical inspection, repair, and preparation of equipment requires hands-on human presence.

22

supervises the use of swimming pools, gymnasium apparatus, fitness machines and other recreational equipment

Human-Led

Computer vision systems can assist with monitoring pool occupancy or detecting hazards, but real-time human supervision and intervention for safety remains essential.

22

carries clubs for golfers, advises on the layout and distance of golf courses and appropriate choice of golf club

Human-Led

AI golf apps like Arccos can provide course data and club recommendations to golfers directly, but the physical carrying of clubs and personalised caddie relationship remain human-led.

22

provides support in production and broadcasting operations, such as helping set up and maintain the set, running errands, moving equipment, looking after guests, and transporting crew and cast between locations

Human-Led

AI scheduling and logistics tools can help coordinate crew movements and production tasks, but the physical running, errands, equipment handling, and guest care are inherently hands-on roles.

11

work in teams patrolling popular stretches of the coast, advising people when and where they can swim safely and making rescues when necessary

Human-Led

AI-powered drones or sensors can assist with coastal monitoring and flagging hazards, but physical rescues and real-time judgment in dangerous conditions are entirely human tasks.

ROI Calculator

Sports and leisure assistants

4.8hrs
saved per week
230hrs
per year ≈ 6.1 weeks
£1,836
salary-equivalent capacity freed per year

This is not a pay rise — it's 230 hours of productive capacity that AI could return to you, valued at your current rate.

£3,192
value at risk — 22% of role exposed to AI

The portion of your current salary tied to tasks AI can automate or augment. Not a prediction of job loss — a signal of where your role is changing fastest.

How is this calculated?▾

Task weights — each task is weighted by its O*NET frequency rating. Where frequency data is absent, equal weighting is applied.

AI time reduction — tasks scored as "AI Automates" assume 80% time saving; "AI Assists" assumes 40%; "Human-Led" assumes 5%.

Salary equivalent — annual hours saved × (salary ÷ 1,800 working hours/year).

Value at risk — salary × share of role time in AI-automate or AI-assist tasks.

Figures are indicative estimates for planning purposes, not guarantees of productivity gain or job loss risk.